5 months ago | 10 comments
Hello all. I am a landlord with many properties in Nottingham. I am going through the process of getting the EPC ratings to a C before the 2030 deadline. I have looked at the plug-in solar panels which are becoming available soon.
Have any of the readers of Property118 found out if and how they impact an EPC score, how many KW are needed/EPC points , does landlord/tenant ownership matter and what is the situation regarding a feed in tariff?
I am keen to fit these, but I don’t want to spend thousands of pounds across my portfolio, only to find out that they are excluded from consideration re EPC’s.
Like many energy efficiency improvements, these are often advertised as having a payback timeline, but nobody in authority seems to understand or care, that all of the energy cost benefit goes to the tenant, whilst the installation costs are borne by the landlord (inflating rents far beyond the proposed savings).
This seems like a good EPC solution, but anti-landlord terms are sometimes hidden in legislation nowadays.
Hopefully someone can help.
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Member Since August 2026 - Comments: 13
9:26 AM, 31st August 2026, About 2 weeks ago
The feed-in tariff closed to new applicants in April 2019. Its replacement, the Smart Export Guarantee, needs an MCS certified installation, and a plug-in kit isn’t one, so anything you generate and don’t use goes to the grid for nothing.
The rules that came in on the 27th: 800W max at the inverter, panels up to 2kW DC, no batteries, one kit per property, and the DNO told within 28 days. If a tenant buys their own, that notification still has to happen at your property.
Member Since September 2023 - Comments: 31
10:27 AM, 3rd September 2026, About 1 week ago
Reply to the comment left by Barry Smith at 28/08/2026 – 23:22
Hi Barry. My email is [email protected]
I would be pleased to hear your ideas.